26/03/2016
Paul Gambaccini blends digital tracks from the week's US charts of songs, albums, R&B, country and rock hits with LP and singles tracks from the last six decades.
Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades.
Each week, songs are played connected to members of 'The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'. We hear 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson in honour of producer Quincy Jones. Continuing our alphabetical look at the list, we also hear 'Me And Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1944 of Diana Ross by playing the full-length version of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'. Paul pays tribute to George Martin, who has recently died, by featuring 'Sister Golden Hair'- one of his many successful productions for the group America. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'Travelin' Man' by Ricky Nelson and a different song with the same title by Stevie Wonder.
In the feature called 'Beyond The Sea', Paul plays a song from a UK artist's biggest-selling album in America. Tonight, we hear tracks from LPs by The Searchers and Mumford & Sons. 'The Other Number Ones' are records that reached the top of the American chart in 'Cash Box' magazine, but not in the Hot 100 of the other US chart publication 'Billboard'. This week's examples are by the Bee Gees and Technotronic featuring Felly.
Our R&B number ones are from 1962 and now by Sam Cooke and Lalah Hathaway. We hear Country number ones from 1999 and this week by Kenny Chesney and Blake Shelton. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Bruce Springsteen and Twenty One Pilots. The best-selling song of the week is '7 Years' by Lukas Graham.
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Music Played
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The Youngbloods
Get Together
- Get Together.
- CAMDEN/BMG.
- 1.
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Meghan Trainor
No
- Download Single.
- EPIC.
- 1.
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Michael Jackson
Thriller
- Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition.
- Epic.
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Loretta Lynn
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
- Full Circle.
- SONY MUSIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS.
- 6.
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Diana Ross
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- 成人论坛 Radio 2 Voices Of The Century.
- GLOBAL/TELSTAR TV.
- 17.
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America
Sister Golden Hair
- America's Greatest Hits - History.
- Warner Bros.
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Granger Smith
Backroad Song
- Remington.
- WHEELHOUSE.
- 1.
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Sam Cooke
Twistin' the Night Away
- Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
- RCA.
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Lalah Hathaway
Angel (Live)
- Live.
- HATHAWAY ENTERTAINMENT/EONE MUSIC.
- 5.
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Ricky Nelson
Travelin' Man
- Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
- Acuff-Rose Opryland.
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Stevie Wonder
Travlin' Man
- Complete Motown Singles - Volume 7: 1967.
- HIP-O SELECT/MOTOWN.
- 14.
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Ray LaMontagne
In My Own Way
- Ouroboros.
- STONE DWARF/RCA.
- 5.
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The Searchers
Needles and Pins
- (Single).
- Pye.
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DNCE
Cake By The Ocean
- (CD Single).
- Republic.
- 1.
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Bee Gees
Lonely Days聽
- Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Technotronic
Pump Up The Jam (feat. Felly)
- Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
- Virgin.
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Miike Snow
Genghis Khan
- iii.
- ATLANTIC.
- 3.
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Janis Joplin
Me And Bobby McGee
- Janis Joplin - Pearl.
- Columbia.
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Kenny Chesney
How Forever Feels
- (CD Single).
- Grapevine.
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Blake Shelton
Came Here To Forget
- Download Single.
- WARNER BROS.
- 1.
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Bruce Springsteen
Human Touch
- Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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TWENTY 脴NE PIL脴TS
Stressed Out
- Blurryface.
- FUELED BY RAMEN/ATLANTIC.
- 2.
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Mumford & Sons
The Cave
- CD SINGLE.
- Gentlemen of the Road / Island.
- 1.
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Adele
Million Years Ago
- 25.
- XL Recordings.
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Buddy Knox
Party Doll
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz
Thrift Shop
- The Heist.
- MACKLEMORE.
- 3.
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Lukas Graham
7 Years
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
Broadcasts
- Sat 26 Mar 2016 20:00成人论坛 Radio 2
- Fri 1 Apr 2016 03:00成人论坛 Radio 2